The volcano, La Cumbre, at Fernandina Island got the attention of the Galápagos National Park Service (GNP) last August 28th. Rangers who were located at Bolivar Control Base observed smoke coming out of the volcano and alerted the GNP authorities. GNP aircraft flew the area the day after and didn’t find any ignitions of a new eruption. The conclusion was that the landslide of one of the walls of the crater caused the dusty scene that alerted rangers. The event was widely reported as a volcanic eruption by the world press.
For more information in Spanish: http://www.galapagospark.org/png/interna.php?TIPOPAS=Noticias&SECCIONPAS=Noticias%20y%20boletines&IDPAGINA=335
This entry was posted
on Tuesday, September 18th, 2007 at 8:51 pm and is filed under Galapagos National Park.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
